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Procedure - Returnal Tests
Returnal is installed via Steam, and considered automated for runs via Markbench. Game settings must be changed using the game launcher prior to a scheduled run in Markbench, and the launcher closed prior to setting up Markbench.
In Markbench, select the Returnal Test from the list on the left side of the Run Test(s) tab and ensure that the Run checkbox beside it is checked. Fill in the settings as follows:
- Project Slug should be the same as the Project Slug you are generating data for
- Test Parameter should be the same as the Test Parameter you are selecting to run, e.g. 'Games-1080', 'Games-1440', 'Games-2160' etc
- Scheduler Delay should be set to 30
- Recording Delay & Recording Timeout should be set to 0
- Repeat should be set to a minimum of 3 for a default run, unless changes are otherwise require
1920x1080
Games-1080
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 1920 x 1080
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1080-DLSS3
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 1920 x 1080
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1080-DLSS3-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 1920 x 1080
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1080-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 1920 x 1080
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
2560x1440
Games-1440
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 2560 x 1440
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1440-DLSS3
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 2560 x 1440
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1440-DLSS3-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 2560 x 1440
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-1440-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 2560 x 1440
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
3840x2160
Games-2160
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 3840 x 2160
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-2160-DLSS3
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 3840 x 2160
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Lighting, Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to off
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to off
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-2160-DLSS3-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 3840 x 2160
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations is set to DLSS
- Ensure DLSS SR is set to quality
- Ensure DLSS Frame Gen is set to on
- Ensure DLSS Sharpness is set to 50%
- Ensure Nvidia Reflex is set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
Games-2160-Rt
Once the game loads, hit Escape. Navigate to Settings.
Video > Display
- Set Display Mode to Fullscreen
- Set Screen Resolution to 3840 x 2160
Click alt then space to set the resolution
Graphics
- Set Graphics Preset to Epic
- This should ensure that Environment, and Post Processing settings are set correctly, but you should verify them for every run.
- Ensure VSync is set to Off
- Ensure Max Frames per Second is set to Infinite FPS
- Ensure Screen Optimizations are set to off
- Ensure Ray-Traced Shadows are set to Epic
- Ensure Screen-Space Reflections are set to on
- Ensure Ray-Traced Reflections are set to Epic
Click escape, then scroll to suspend/quit, press space, then hold space to "suspend" the run, then run via Markbench. Results should be uploaded via the Upload tab after all runs have completed successfully.
